Gelbwurst (Yellow Sausage)

Yellow sausage is a popular German sausage where it is known as Gelbwurst (gelb = yellow). This sausage recipe calls for lightly colored meats and ingredients. Cardamom which is an essential spice in curry is added for yellow color.

Meats

Metric

US

Veal

300 g

0.66 lb

Pork belly (with skin)

200 g

7.0 oz

Pork jowls *

350 g

0.77 lb

Crushed ice

150 g

5.30 oz

Ingredients per 1000g (1 kg) of meat

Salt

18 g

3 tsp

White pepper

2.0 g

1 tsp

Mace

1.0 g

1/2 tsp

Cardamom

0.25 g

1/4 tsp

Ginger

0.5 g

1/2 tsp

Fresh onion

10 g

1 Tbsp

Instructions

Grind all meats with 1/8” (3 mm) grinder plate.

Dice the onion finely.

Using food processor emulsify all ground meats with all spices and crushed ice or cold water.

Stuff into 60 mm casings. Synthetic, impermeable to smoke and water casings are preferred.